Is Perfume Parlour Apple Pastry Bliss a dupe of Sora Dora Jany?
Jany EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | U |
| 2023 | Year | 2023 |
| ££££ | Price Tier | £ |
Apple Pastry Bliss EDP
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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Which Should You Buy?
Jany is a true gourmand powerhouse that leaves no doubt about its intentions. For some, it's the perfect warm, spiced apple pie in a bottle; for others, it's a too-close cousin to a Christmas candle or air freshener. Love it or hate it, it makes a statement.
A budget take on Sora Dora's Jany, the lauded apple-pie extrait. Apple Pastry Bliss lands the baked-apple-and-pastry gourmand that makes the original smell like a freshly baked pie, but where Jany is a dense, heady extrait with above-average longevity, this dupe renders thinner and even sweeter, losing some of the buttery, realistic depth.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
Notes
Top Notes
Top Notes
Heart Notes
Heart Notes
Base Notes
Base Notes
Note weights are our estimate from each note's place in the pyramid, not the share of the formula. Brands do not publish formulations.
Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
A cold-weather scent - best worn in autumn and winter.
Occasions
Given its strong sillage and rich, sweet gourmand profile, Jany is best suited for social occasions like dates or casual outings, particularly in cooler weather. Its intensely edible nature makes it too much for an office setting and entirely inappropriate for formal events or sport.
Seasons
A rich, edible apple-pie gourmand built for the cold: baked apple, cinnamon and caramel shine in autumn and winter and turn cloying in summer heat.
Occasions
Best for casual and cozy everyday wear and warm relaxed dates; its dessert-like sweetness is too informal for the office or formal settings.
Similarity Breakdown
Our estimate of how alike these two fragrances smell, calculated from their published notes. It is a position on our scale, not a measured percentage of shared smell.
Every one of its 11 notes is in the original, including Caramel, Peach, Apricot
Without hazelnut
Where to buy
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